Force of Will

What do you think of that expression "it's just gonna take a force of will"? Personally, I love it. It implies a sense of determination to reach a goal. But then I actually think about the power of a determined spirit and the human will, and it blows me away.

Seriously, have you ever seen someone snap under pressure in some form or another? Not the "explodes violently on everyone around" kind of snapping, but the "had enough, and not gonna accept failure yet again" kind of snapping. It's amazing.

Seriously, by sheer willpower, people can overcome some crazy thing. Be they physical matters (pushing for just one more mile, etc.) or psychological matters (breaking deep-rooted habits), the awesomeness of applied willpower is amazing.

The subject comes to me tonight because I'm realizing that I move to the far end of the country (and across three time zones) in a week and a half. It's feeling surreal, but that issue of timezones is a huge hit for me.

I naturally have very strong leans toward being a night owl. It's far from unlike me to be up 'til 2AM Pacific doing whatever (playing games, surfing forums, watching movies, etc.), and that's not a huge deal. But that's 5AM Eastern, and that's a much bigger deal.

Especially when I'll have morning classes out there.

Effectively, I'll need to be sleeping by around 9PM Pacific pretty soon, so I've gotta adjust my sleep schedule by a full five hours. My natural tendency is to say "damn the torpedoes, I'll deal with things when they get here." But when it comes to sleep, I'm not so sure that's a good idea.

Thus, I'm gonna need some serious application of willpower over the next week.

Go. Me.